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Object Type
Museum number: 1998,0723.187
Description: Cup made of woven split bamboo, covered with lacquer - black on the exterior and red on the interior. Yun decoration on the outside (mostly at the lip in the form of concentric circles with small descending swags) in a silver colour, or some other very pale colouring. An engraved bird is seen on the belly of the cup. The shape is globular, with an inverted lip. Made at Ava in the workshop of Hsaya Ngwe. Inscribed. For similar cups in the Isaacs Collection, see Isaacs and Blurton, 2000, cats. 143 and 144, pp191-2.
Producer name
Production date: 1930s
Production place: Made in: Ava, In the quarter of the town known as 'No 1'. (Burma)
Materials: bamboo (split and woven); lacquer (black, red and possibly silver)
Technique: woven; lacquered; yun
Dimensions: Diameter: 9.50 centimetres (max (approx)); Height: 7 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Isaacs & Blurton 2000 / Visions from the Golden Land. Burma and the art of lacquer (233); Isaacs / Unpublished Lacquer Catalogue
Location: Not on display
Condition: Inside, the red lacquer has come away around the base; on the outside, there is some damage both at the lip and around the rim.
Subjects: bird; cat
Acquisition name: Donated by: Ralph H Isaacs; Donated by: Mrs Ruth Isaacs
Acquisition date: 1998
Acquisition notes: Given to Mr. Isaacs by U Aung Shwe (Rangoon), in December 1992.
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1998,0723.187
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: Isaacs 191

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